Best Podcasts in 2023

Young child listening to a radio

My favorite podcasts in 2023, in no particular order:

a) Theopolis Podcast -Unmistakably the richest biblical resource you will find. If you are looking for lectures, sermons, and conversations that will stir your biblical imagination and indoctrinate you with biblical categories, look no further.

b) The Civitas Podcast – My friends James Wood and Peter Leithart offer some of the finest conversations on political theology, challenging standard classical liberal principles on both the left and the right through the lenses of a robust ecclesiocentric perspective. The podcast is still in its infancy, but every single conversation and interview gets better and better.

c) Knox Unplugged Podcast – Some of the people I love most listen to this podcast, and it took me a while to get on board because of concurring interests. Still, David Shannon and Jason Farley are the intellectual testosterone we need today. In a very conversational style, Mr. Surfer-Dude, Jason Farley, delves into deep philosophical concepts, and David (Knox) brings the whole thing home. This podcast will give you great conversation starters.

d) The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast – Jordan is the secular C.S. Lewis of our age. He may be already in the kingdom, but I don’t have any proof. Every single conversation he has is a case for thunderous common grace. Peterson is the happiest generalist I know and can easily converse on any subject like he’s played that role on TV all his life.

Honorable mentions:

The Daily Poem with David Kern offers various poetry readings with helpful backgrounds and explanations.

Canon Calls with Jake McAtee is always insightful. His guests are always compelling. I was probably the exception.

Reformed Forum Podcast is a VanTillian and Classical podcast offering an overview of fascinating Reformed figures and discussing profound theological subjects. These guys are academically trained in language and history.

Full Proof Theology Podcast with Chase Davis. Watch out for this dude! He is going places.

“I believe firmly in plodding. Productivity is more a matter of diligent, long-distance hiking than it is one-hundred-yard dashing. Doing a little bit now is far better than hoping to do a lot on the morrow. So redeem the fifteen-minute spaces. Chip away at it.”

-Douglas Wilson

Book Review & Overview of Chapter Two of Through New Eyes by James B. Jordan

My 11-year-old son is a voracious reader. His community stirs him to absorb good literature and cherish good things. In some ways, I am still playing catch up with my reading world. But I am grateful that he carries a love of learning. In this episode, I asked him to start us off with a review of a massive biography of George Washington by the president of Westminster Theological Seminary, Peter Lillback. I hope his brief review offers enough of a sample of this great apologia for Washington’s Christian beliefs.

We then delve rather quickly into the overview of chapter two of James B. Jordan’s masterpiece, Through New Eyes. The second chapter focuses on man’s role in creation, the role of creation in illuminating man in his role, and how to understand God properly. 

I hope you will subscribe to these episodes and send your questions for our next subscriber’s only episode.

Episode 31, A Conversation on Reading with my Daughter Abigail

One of the cool things about this season is watching the habits of my children. Some like to break things, others are amazed by squirrels and others love to read. My daughter fits mostly with the latter category. So, I gave her some questions to ponder. I try to take her off script a few times. Send her any comments of encouragement and I will kindly pass on to her.

Uri Brito Podcast, Episode 30, Who was Athanasius?

On this episode, I sit down with someone I’ve known for nine years, my nine-year old son, Ezekiel. We discuss the life of Athanasius following the guidance of a great summary of his life called Athanasius in the Christian Biography for Young Readers by Simonetta Carr. It’s six minutes long. Hope you enjoy and leave a message of encouragement for this young scholar and I will pass it along.

UB Podcast, episode 25, How To Be a Better Listener in 2020

It’s a new year and a new season of podcasts at Uribrito.com. Thanks for listening. And in fact, that’s the topic of this episode, Listening. How can we be more intentional about listening? How can we heed James’ advice to be quick to hear and slow to speak? I tackle briefly this topic on this new episode.

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UB Podcast, episode 23, Why You Should Write!

It’s not every day you have the privilege of having an author and scholar stop by your office. Today, I took the presence of Dr. Brian Wright for a special episode of Uri Brito podcast. We discussed the process of writing and the role of the pastor as theologian. It’s a short interview but packed with goodies.